SCOTUS Delivers Victory for Limited Govt, Religious Liberty Protections

Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

The Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit’s dismissal of individual-capacity claims brought by former inmate Damon Landor, a Rastafarian who alleged prison officials violated his religious rights by shaving his dreadlocks shortly before his release.

Landor’s case stemmed from a 2020 incident at Louisiana’s Raymond Laborde Correctional Center.